MAESTRO ILAIYARAAJA NEWS & TITBITS VER.2010-2011

[jaiganes]

similar comments from kamalakarsh on twitter... another misused opportunity.. hmm

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

i heard NBW & HTNI sounds in the above vidoes. mild aa davut aanen, marubadiyum re-use aannu! ippa confirm aagiduchi

[prasad_subbu]

Don't understand what are IR's priorities. This is a unique opportunity presented and he handled without any special focus from what I hear. Does it not require some preparation and special treatment given the fact that musicians don't get very many opportunities.

I feel the same thing happened when he tried symphony. While he is extremely talented, he should have given good time and should have given 200%.

Thalaivar probably do not know what his fans are expecting out of him. What to do?

[rprasad]

I think people need to calm down and not overreact by making silly statements that IR handled it without any focus and such. This is a play not a musical play from what i read. IR probably did it because the director came to him and requested him to. Its the director's choice on how he feels the music needs to be and how much music is needed for the play. This is not a Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber kind of musical play. I also think it must have been the directors choice to use the Singing Self bit for the play since IR rarely wants to re-use his old music unless specifically requested by the director/producer.
Lets be honest here this is not a Bombay Dreams kind of opportunity we are talking about here. Just a small play(though a Broadway play) done by Indian group and IR did what he could given the scope the play had.
Also lets stop questioning whether IR gave 100% or 200%. The man has dedicated his life to music. This is not a usual job like we do. Its a creative art and its upto people who work with him to extract the creativity out of him.

[app_engine]

Also lets stop questioning whether IR gave 100% or 200%. The man has dedicated his life to music. This is not a usual job like we do. Its a creative art and its upto people who work with him to extract the creativity out of him.

Also, what's wrong if he used HTNI / NBW stuff for this play? I'm of the opinion that those albums didn't get the exposure they deserved and any more "stage" opportunity should be utilized to expose them a lot more.

In the west, people compose 4 or 5 worthwhile tracks in their lifetime, do world tours playing them everywhere on stage and make million times more money than what IR did with his compositions - thousand times the works of such famous fellows!

And we, ungrateful fellows, complain about him reusing some of his classics for a drama

nanRi ketta ulagam ayyA idhu!

[senthilv.com]

Bad idea from the beginning. Raja was probably doing them a favor. The original play has almost no room for music, especially IR type music. It is a very dialogue driven play, a character study and brilliant one at that. Even seasoned actors fall short when performing this play and can easily turn into a shouting match. It is a play for Sivaji sir not Raja sir and I'd give anything to watch Nadigar Thilagam play that role

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

see my post. i doubted and it happened, thats all! i never said anything wrong. btw, who knows, the team wud have given less time and even lesser renumeration9as it may be a low budget one) and so within the given scope raja fitted his existing albums with fresh music thrown in here and there...

absolutely no disappointments there. oru manushan yerkanave, 10 jenmathula seyya vendiya velaya ore jenmathula senjirukkaaru!

btw, ஹேப்பி தீவாளீ! ஜெயா டிவில நிகழ்ச்சி ஏதாச்சும் இருக்கா?!?

[Sureshs65]

If you know Tamil, head to Solvanam and read the lovely article on Jency by Director and Writer Suka: http://solvanam.com/

And after you finish that you can also check out the article on Ghazals in Hindi films: http://solvanam.com/?p=17085 I am plugging that because I wrote it. Please to excuse the plug

[app_engine]

If you know Tamil, head to Solvanam and read the lovely article on Jency by Director and Writer Suka: http://solvanam.com/

And after you finish that you can also check out the article on Ghazals in Hindi films: http://solvanam.com/?p=17085 I am plugging that because I wrote it. Please to excuse the plug

Thank you so much, Sureshji, for the links!

Suka is as fluent and touching as usual

And, for the wonderful article on ghazal (so enlightening to gnAna soonyams like me in that area).

[V_S]

If you know Tamil, head to Solvanam and read the lovely article on Jency by Director and Writer Suka: http://solvanam.com/

And after you finish that you can also check out the article on Ghazals in Hindi films: http://solvanam.com/?p=17085 I am plugging that because I wrote it. Please to excuse the plug

Suresh ji,
Kalakkal article! Ippothaan time kedachchithu. Wonderful narration and some memorable ghazals shared. Romba alAdhiyana sugam irunthathu padikkum pOthum, padalgalai ketkum pOthum. Very happy to see my top most hindi composer Madan Mohan in action through you. Ghazal, Dastak all speak the composer's brilliance and ingenuity. I never listened to 'Mirza Ghalib' before. Stunned by Ghulam Mohammed's compositions. Superb finish to the article. Well said! Excellent Job!!

Not to forget Suka's article on Jency. Again a wonderful narration and the link to 'Shenbagathakka's story and Suka's hilarious and moving touches made more interesting.